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Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1377
Death Date: 1426-12-31

Parents

Primary Title

  • 1st Earl of Dorset
  • 2nd Duke of Exeter

Titles

  • 1st Earl of Dorset
    Assumed: 1411-07-05 (Possibly created to title in 1412)
    Vacated: 1426-12-31
  • 2nd Duke of Exeter
    Assumed: 1416-11-18
    Vacated: 1426-12-31

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Keeper, Ludlow 1402 -8 -15
Admiral of the North, England 1403 -11 -28 1408
Keeper, Carmarthenshire 1405 -4 -29
JP, Norfolk 1406 1408
Keeper, Herefordshire 1406 -9 -28
JP, Norfolk 1406/7 1408
Admiral of the North and West, England 1408 -9 -21 1426 -12 -31
JP, Norfolk 1409/10
Lord Chancellor, England 1409/10 -1 -31 1411/12 -01 -5
JP, Norfolk 1410
JP, Suffolk 1411
Lord High Admiral, England 1411/12 -3 -3 1426 -12 -31
JP, Suffolk 1412/13 1414
JP, Norfolk 1412/13 1416
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1413/14
JP, Dorset 1413/14
JP, Norfolk 1414 1415
JP, Suffolk 1416/17
JP, Essex 1417
JP, Dorset 1417
JP, Norfolk 1418
JP, Devon 1418
JP, Dorset 1418/19
JP, Suffolk 1419
JP, Yorkshire 1419
JP, Essex 1419
JP, Devon 1420
Justice, Cheshire 1420 -10 -20
JP, Essex 1421/2 1424
JP, Devon 1421/2 1424
JP, Dorset 1421/2 1424
JP, Norfolk 1421/2 1424
JP, Suffolk 1421/2 1424
Justice, North Wales 1422/3 -2 -14
JP, Cambridgeshire 1424 1425
JP, Huntingdonshire 1424
JP, Dorset 1426

Lands

  • Hampshire: Crux Easton Manor
    Acquired: 1399-03-18
    Granted
  • Kent: Greenwich Manor
  • Kent: Seintlynge Manor
    Acquired: 1399-03-18
    Granted
  • Lancashire
    Acquired: 1413-08-10
    Acquired via wife; date of livery of lands of Sir Robert Neville of Hornby, Lancashire (her grandfather)
  • Lincolnshire
    Acquired: 1413-06-07
    Acquired via wife; date of livery of lands of Sir Robert Neville of Hornby, Lancashire (her grandfather)
  • Norfolk: Castle Acre & Lordship
    Acquired: 1398-09-24
    Divested: 1426-12-31
    Granted for life
  • Sussex: Knell Manor
    Acquired: 1399-03-18
    Granted
  • (city-county) in Yorkshire
  • Yorkshire
    Acquired: 1413-06-07
    Acquired via wife; date of livery of lands of Sir Robert Neville of Hornby, Lancashire (her grandfather)

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Exeter's Entertainer/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Dorset's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Dorset's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Exeter's Entertainer/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrels Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrels Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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